i cant call the firemen names because they would do somthing i would not. run into a burning house. dont think i can do that. but on the other end some of them are doing somthing i would not. rip off somebody else. in this case the taxpayers.

i find it incredible that no budget has been passed. what even bothers me more is the republicans have not made this a bigger issue and whats even worse than that is the press isnt all over this. you would think this would be a really big story. i mean this is our government budget we are talking about.

ultra - i dont follow this stuff as close as others, but i do remember the ryan plan talk last year. but to think that this isnt a continuing story in the media is crazy. its the us government budget. we are not talking about a company budget or a small town budget. i just always thought that it was law that the budget had to be done. and i am surprised that the republicans running for president dont bring this up again and again and beat obama over the head with it. he is the presiednt and the dems had congress when this started. i would think that this would be a good subject for the republicans to bring up.

this race reminds me of the donut race we used to see down at jacobs field. or progressive field as they call it now on the big screen in between innings. first one donut is in the lead, then another, then another passes him. this race will probably come out the same way. a few lead changes more before one of them wins.

based on what, what we have now? it seems to me all the politicians are not doing a good job. will you really be happy if obama wins or will other people really be happy if romney wins and think that will be the cure to all of our issues? the look on people's faces should be of hope these clowns figure this out no matter who wins. and i dont think romney is the complete fix. but he has to be better than obama and his blame game, lie, buy unions out. perfect example of a good talker who cant always back it up. republicans, democrats. whats the difference?

clvfan, thats a good point. we see it all the time in politics and entertainment. howard stern has made a living off of saying extreme things and people tune in to hear it. we have people in this country who never listened to limbaugh who will tune in this week to see if this is what goes on all the time. say something crazy or what some think is extreme and they will come running to hear more of it. it also brings in the bucks. the fault is with the people who listen to this kind of talk no matter who is shouting it out.

so it's ok with you as long as they are not the voice of a party. they are all on tv or radio. its sick no matter who says it. you say "as the article points out" you would have been better to point out that no matter who in the media says it, its bad and should be condemned. if nobody cares what ed schiltz and bill maher say they would not be on. stop being a follower and think for yourself for a change.

my two cents, i tend to agree with you. he did lie about that. that has always been a problem for me. not sure what else the guy did. but if you had to lie about becoming an american then you should not get the rights that americans have.

invisible - i agree with you on your comments on the banking industry. cant agree with you on illegal wars and tax cuts. nothing illegal about the wars, wrong headed on iraq maybe but not illegal. not sure what is your problem is with the afghanistan war? it also seems to me that democrats went along with both wars. everybody got a tax cut not just the rich but the biggest problem we have is spending. the governemnt has spent for over ten years. they spend more than what is coming in. they are still doing it. you said spending has been cut, not anywhere it needs to be. democrats and republicans have no spine to do what is right.

tribe - i am not that big on politics and i am not a conservative. but i do know that the Clinton signed into law what started the housing bubble. i also know the economy was poor late into clintons 2nd term. i also know the left spent a lot of money when they had congress. i have also seen other posters prove this to you in the past but you continue to just blame the right. maybe if we had more voters who saw what the two party system is doing to us we would be a lot better off. it also seems to me both of the parties get a lot of money from wall street. maybe you want to take another look at what is going on.

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